Siphon-motor



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SI'PHON MOTOR.

No. 510,709; v Patented Dec; 12, 189-3.

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elevation of the same, with parts in section,

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIO WILLIAM RElNHARD-T, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.-

SIPHON- MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,709, dated December 12, 1893.

Application filed February 25, 1893. Serial No. 463,681. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIO WILLIAM 'REINHARDT, of Memphis, in the county of Shelbyand State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Siphon-Motor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved siphon motor, which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation and designed fordriving small machinery suchas pumps, &c.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement with parts in section. Fig. 2 is an end on the line 2-2 in'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improvement with parts in section, showing the same arranged for use as a siphon pump; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the same, with parts in section on theline 4-14 in Fig. 3.

The improved siphon motor is provided with a siphon A, having the usual inlet leg B, formed on its lower'end with the usual inlet 0, and at its upper end with a filling nozzle D, for filling the siphon with the necessary amount of water to start the motor, as hereinafter more fully described.

The upper or middle portion E, of the siphon A discharges into a water wheel F, of any approved construction and arrangedin a suitable closed casing G, forming part of the outlet leg H, of the siphon. The shaft I, of the water wheel F is connected at its outer end with the machinery to be driven. For this purpose I may provide the end of the shaft 'i with a pulley 1' adapted to be connected by belt with the machinery to be driven, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, or I may provide one outer end of the shaft I with a crank arm J, connected by a pitman K,

with the plunger L, of a pump N, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This pump N, is located within an auxiliary casing N, forming part of the casing G, and into which passes part of the water discharged from the wheel F, through a port a in the side of the casing G. The auxiliary casing N is thus always filled with water which surrounds the pump and passes into the bottom of the cylinder of the pumponthe up-stroke of the pump plunger which discharges the water on the downstroke through the outlet or discharge pipe N containing a check valve N and leading to a suitable tank N which may be located above the top of the siphon A. In the extreme lower end of the leg H is arranged a stop cock 0, for stopping the fiow of the liquid through the siphon A.

When the device is in operation, the valve 0 is open, so that the liquid passing through the siphon A in the usual manner, actuates the water wheel F, and the rotary motion of the latter is transmitted by its shaft I to the device to be driven. As illustrated in the drawings, the driven device isthe pump N which utilizes part of the water passing through the wheel F without breaking the siphon.

In order to stop the motor, the operator closes the valve 0, so that the siphon A remains charged and whenever it is desired to again start the motor, the operator then opens the valve 0 to again start the liquid through 1. The combination with a siphon having a casing arranged in its outlet leg between the ends thereof and forming a part of the same, and a water wheel mounted in the casing and onto which the water is discharged, of an auxiliary casing below and in communication with the main casing, and a pump arranged inthe said auxiliary casing and operated from the water wheel, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a siphoh havinga. anism befgween the pump and water Wheel for casing in it'soli flefi legbetweeii the e' i'd's tlie'l edpejraifiingthe fbrmer' fr'oni j the latter, siibstanto of and a water wheel mounted in the casing, t'iallyas'herein' shown and described.

of an auxiliary casin below and communicatr T 5 ing with the main czsing, a pump in theaux- PREDERIG REIMMR'D'J' iliary casing, an outlet pipe leading from the \Vitnesses:

pump out through the" said auxiliary easing 1 RHE'A- P. GARY,

and provided with a check valve, and mech- H. N. ALLEN. 

